Laundry-receptacle.



M. E. REAIV. LAUNDRY RECEPTACLE. APPLICATION FILED 55m11.191s.

Patented May 1, 191'?.

TB @TA MYRTON E. BEAM, 0F EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

LAUNDRY-RECEPTACLE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1917.

Application filed September 11, 1915. Serial No. 50,121.

To ZZ '1o/wm it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MYRTON E. REAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston. in the county of Cook and State of illinois. have invented certain new and use-` ful Improvements in vLaundry-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification. A

This invention relates to an improved laundry receptacle and the objects of the invcntion are to produce a device in which the mg is securely held in an open position by its supporting element and yet is readily removable from and replaceable on said element, and in which said bag-supporting element is detachably mounted upon a supporting device in such a manner as to be held in a substantially horizontal position, away from the wall, and so as to be readily removable from and replaceable on said supporting device.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a laundry receptacle embodying the features of my invention,tl1e supporting knob being shown in dotted lines to more clearly reveal the form of the bagsupporting bar. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the manner in which the bag is removed from and replaced on said supporting bar. Fig. 3 is a similar perspective view showing said bar and its supporting knob alone.

The preferred form of my invention is shown in the drawings and comprises a bar which is bent into the form of an elongated loop 5, at one side of which is an upstanding short loop 6 open at its lower end, the ends of the bar approaching each other at the opposite side of the loop 5, but being a short distance apart and preferably being bent downwardly slightly to facilitate the association of the bag 7 therewith and withdrawal therefrom.

The bag has means at its upper.end in the form of a hem 8 adapted to receive the bar 5 and the bag is further provided with a slit 9 passing through said hem and downwardly therefrom to permit the association of the bag with and its removal from the supporting bar. The manner in which the bag is put on the bar is plainly indicated in Fig. 2. The ends of the hem 8 are slipped over the ends of the bar and the hem is pushed in opposite directions over the bar into the position shown in Fig. l. The removal of the bag may be efected by merely pressing down on the hem between the ends spaced,

of the bar. Either operation requires only a moments time. l0 indicates a draw-string by which the mouth of the bag may be drawn together when the bag is removed from its support.

rEhe bag supporting bar is suspended from a suitable supporting device which is herein shown in the form of a knob l1 having a nail or screw l2 adapted to be driven into the wall. The knob has a deep annular groove therein providing a head lla between which and the body of the knob the open loop 6 is arranged to snugly engage. The loop is held rigidly in place so that the bagsupporting bar as a whole is rigidly mounted in an approximately horizontal position and is also held awayl from the adjacent wall so as not to mar the latter. The bag-supporting bar may be readily disengaged from the knob 11 by merely raising said bar to disengage the open loop 6 from said knob.

I claim as my invention:

l. The combination of a laundry bag having' a hem at its open upper end and provided with a slit passing through said hem and downwardly therefrom, a bag-support ing bar bent into the form of an elongated loop and having a short upstanding loop at one side open at its lower end, the ends of said bar approaching each other but spaced away from each other at the opposite side of the lirst mentioned loop, the bag being adapted to be associated with and disassociated from said bar by passing the hem of said bag onto and oil' of the ends of said bar, and a supporting knob adapted to be removably embraced by said smaller upstanding loop.

2. The combination of a laundry bag having a hem at its upper end and provided with a slit passing through said hem and downwardly therefrom, a bag-supporting bar bent into the form of an elongated loop and having its ends approaching each other, the bag being adapted to beassociated with and disassociated from said bar by passing the hem of the bag onto and off of the bar over said ends, and supporting means for the bar.

3. A receptacle for laundry or the like comprising a bar bent to provide a main loop and a short upstanding loop at one side of the main loop, the ends of the bar approaching each other closely, and a bag provided with means at its upper edge adapted to be threaded onto the main loop over the free ends of the bar, whereby to support the bdor from said main loop, said upstanding b loop adapted to be hung upon a support. A laundry receptacle comprising a sup- 5 porting knob having a deep annular groove, a bag-supporting bar provided With a small upstanding loop open a t its lower end and adapted to slidably embrace said knob and be rigidly conined in said groove, and a bag suspended from said bar. 10

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand. v

MYRTON E. BEAM. 

